Shepard: Well, now that we have all of formalities out of the way, its time to get down to business. You all know what your assignments are to be, some of you will go dark and into enemy lines, while others will be in the open fighting with the ISA. As regimental commander, I give you full clearance to do whatever you need to complete your objectives. That includes anything from murder, assasination, terrorism, sabatage, or anything of the sorts. You were all trained to kill, so why should I put a lease on you?

Us: Sir, yes Sir!

Shepard: Excellent, now let me have a slight word with that man who shot those rounds.

*I step forward*

Shepard: Your brutality and command is amazing son, we need more men like you. You're now now the leader of Baker, Charlie, and Delta squads, Master Sargeant. You'll be leadinga small force to do some damage to a local Helghan installation. * He walks over and opens up a crate full of brand new weapons, fresh off of the production line* Have fun Sargeant... *He slowly walks away puffing on his cigar* By the way, if you ever need more men, supplies, or anything to help you on your mission, feel free to ask. I've got a blank check here and a war to fight. Your new Leutenant and Captain will brief you

*He exits and two men walk in. One in a long trenchcoat, with a Black gas mask on, and a ISA Cap. The other, a young looking man with a look of insanity in his eyes*

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I am only a Supporter of Waffen-SS Tactics; Not Nazism

&amp;amp;quot;Germany is not a state of warriors, but﻿ of soldiers. They obey, discipline is in their blood .&amp;amp;quot;

As I left Meijer to do his press-ups and clean up the mess, much to the grunts' relief, I decided to go back to our tent. The captain ducked out and started heading to the command tent. I returned to my bunk to find a relatively clean towel to dry my hair. Dekker had wandered off about something going to do his business. Bos wasn't in the tent anymore but I did find a little identification card left on a small crate. It was Janssen's. Nice to know the captain still cares.

All the towels had mysteriously disappeared. That was, until a small disruption outside revealed that some guys had stuffed them all into a portable toilet. The officers were getting really angry and all the suspects were forced to do press-ups and have cleaning duty in the armoury or mess hall. Only the grunts were happy. I sure as hell wasn't because now I had to sleep with a wet pillow. At least we were reassured that some of the soldiers here had a sense of humour even if it risked making everyone a bit agitated.

Meijer brought my spirits back up when he brought a clean towel for me after he was done doing his work. So apparently the pranks were often enough for him to hide some supplies.

______________________________________________________________OCM: You know what, Meijer is actually the name of one of the guys who work at GG, I believe. All the names here I use are Dutch. Except for half of mine...

After the briefing, I decide to go into my assigned room and rest a bit. Along the way to my room, I visited the library in the Palace, and took some books on Helghast history, military, and weaponry. They were as big and thick as the math text books I had in my school days.

I finally got to my room and sat on my bed. As soon as I opened the first page of the book, I hard screams from the female half of the assigned room, and a evil little laugh. Soon, Tosh ran into my room and closed the door. I he had a camera in his hand and several slap marks on his face.

Me: Let me guess... You did it again, didn't you?

Tosh: Yup. And I got lots. Wanna see?

Me: Err... No thanks.

Tosh: Eh, suit yourself. Mind if I stay here for a bit until the heat cools off?

Me: Sure.

The female officers and troops from outside continue cursing and ranting at him. They wanted the pictures, but Tosh said he wanted their underwear for the pictures. I just went on with my reading.

It was starting to get a bit late at night. I was in my tent cleaning up my rifle since I think grunts are too green to mess with the more specialist type weapons. They would probably try to find a place to play with it anyway since they all got standard issue assault rifles. A lot of them were still a few months fresh out of the academies. Those who graduated from the more prestigious academies, such as the one I went to (Radec), got a place in the ranks among the more elite soldiers. Anyone from the less "good" academies usually got stuck doing boring stuff like patrolling not-so-useful locations when in terms of war.

The tent we had was filled with bunks that held three or four squads. One of the guys from another squad was snoring quite loudly but no one seemed annoyed by it. We were all used to it by now. Unfortunately, Bos was one of the snoring beasts and he slept on the bunk right next to me. Meijer popped his head in again but he was fully equipped and looks ready to fight. He tip toed in and whispered to me. Smit on the other side of the room just rolled over and ignored us.

Meijer: The officers want us to go up and be watch in fifteen minutes. Sorry I couldn't tell you earlier but they made me help clean up the kitchens too.

I reassemble my rifle and put on all my equipment.

Me: It's okay, I got some sleep earlier so don't worry about me dozing off. Where are we going?

Meijer: We're going up on the clock tower looking out into the main street. They think we'll be vulnerable over there.

Me: Great, that won't be a bad sniping spot. You got a pair of binoculars with you?

Meijer: Of courseHe holds them up. I don't want to miss out on some of your shooting.

Some guy from another squad mutters something: Get out of here already, some of us need to sleep, you know...

We leave the tent and scurry up the metal rungs of the ladder. Then we settle under a space looking out onto the street below the clock itself. It was eerily quiet. I turned on my cloak and told Meijer to take off his helmet so the red eyes won't be seen. He was one of the few Helghast that had some hair on his head. His family took it as a deformity. Still, I found it attractive. It was a change from all the bald people running around, no offense. The night wasn't very interesting for the most part but that didn't mean I should lower my guard.

After finishing an entire textbook on Helghast weaponry, I decided to get some sleep. The female officers were still outside, but eventually, Tosh got tired and dozed off, and the officers left. Soon, I fell asleep too.

A few hours later, in the dead of night, Tosh and I were woken up by knocking on our door. It was an officer. He told us to get into an Intruder and get ready for battle. I splashed water on my face to get myself awake, then Tosh and I headed for the Intruders.

I was cleaning my rifle when we got the call to move out. I met up with my squad and the two new officers. The one with the gas mask was silent, looking over us. He was judging us in his mind, making calculations and observations. This guy was different, he knew what he was doing. *I looked at his assitant* He was young, but had the looks of a stone cold killer. On his uniform hung many medals, most likly from past campigns he served in. I looked to his back, he carried an assualt rifle like us. He would prove to be experienced as well, these two men would most likly lead us to the destruction of the Helghast if we got our way.

I heard trucks behind me, and turned. It was the normal men gearing up as well. Most likly they'll be the first ones in, and would take the most losses. This should be fun to watch.

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I am only a Supporter of Waffen-SS Tactics; Not Nazism

&amp;amp;quot;Germany is not a state of warriors, but﻿ of soldiers. They obey, discipline is in their blood .&amp;amp;quot;

Tosh and I get into a Intruder. We have always went into one together. We often save each other one way or another.

A officer then went into the Intruder. He briefs us:

Officer: Alright, we will be coming in first. We'll be taking out the primary defenses first, like the snipers and MGs. The rest of our forces will soon follow. We have to be VERY, VERY stealthy to make this operation work. Sargent Rico shall be join us to he-

Suddenly, Rico jumps into the Intruder, shaking it. Followed by Sev and Natko.

Rico: LET'S GO KILL SOME HIGS!

I facepalmed. Rico doesn't know stealth if it slit his throat.

The Intruder then lifted into the air and started moving.OCM: Blake, the ISA don't use trucks.

I nudge Meijer with my elbow slightly. He seemed almost half asleep but became alert immediately. I cock my head slightly to indicate I wanted to know what time it was. Meijer tilts his wrist so I could see his watch. 0100. We've been sitting out here for an hour and a half already. It felt even longer considering the lack of anything going on. Aside from hearing bugs chirping, the only other things we did hear were either us shifting slightly to get in a more comfortable position or the occasional creak of a porta-potty door open and close from the camp. I let myself defocus a little. It wouldn't hurt since you could practically hear anything on a still night like this.

Meijer was a Master Sergeant. He had his own squad to take care of. If he didn't mess around as much, he would probably be a higher rank. We both had graduated from Radec Academy in the same year but the position I trained for wasn't built to be promoted into the officer's club. He was; and he was good at what he did. There weren't jokes on the battlefield; only those saved for the party afterwards. I was simply a Corporal. Even though I was offered a couple of promotions, I didn't take them. I wanted to stay a supporting sniper, watch from a further distance from the primary battlefield yet still cover the team. The both of us decided to keep a friendly relationship until after the war and we decided what to actually do with it.

So the night went on for another hour. Still boring. We ate a couple of rations and drank from our canteens. I pretended to shoot the little bugs crawling around the flowers. Meijer did a bit of sightseeing. One of the officers stole a slice of bread from the mess hall. How fun. There was only half an hour left of our watch when we first heard the distant hums...

I looked in the distance and saw some lights from a Helghast camp. I didn't know how large it was, due to the darkness. I looked in the front of the intruder and I noticed the driver has dozed off. I shake him to wake him up, but it was too late. We crashed.

I was woken up by the officer, and by the looks of it, we weren't too far from the Helghast camp. A bit closer, and we could have been killed. Everyone in the Intruder seems to be alright too.

officer: You alright?

Me: Yeah, I'm fine.

Officer: Good news is, I don't think the Helghast are aware of our... Stellar landing. Tosh, what do you see?

Tosh: Some MGs, and a couple of sniper towers.

Tosh and his eyes again. he could see almost anything through any condition. People say he's born with night vision goggles and thermal scopes installed in his eyes.

Officer: Ok, we're going to re-group with Bravo and Charlie team. They landed not too far from us.

After re-grouping, we heard the sounds of other Intruders landing. The officer told us we have to take out the gate defenses so the main force can move up.

Rico: Alright! Let's bust some Higs!

Sev: Rico, no!

It was too late. Rico started spraying full blast at a sniper tower. I then facepalmed and got behind a rock.

Meijer quickly sat up and looked through his binoculars. I looked through my scope. It was still dark but night vision was very useful. Some of the hums were followed by what sounded like a faint crash. I scanned the west side while Meijer took a look at the east.

Meijer (whispering, durr): I see some movement. It kinda looks like some Intruders.

Me: I've got a few more over here and it looks like one of them crashed.

Meijer: Ha, I bet that guy had a nice hangover.

He turns to the radio: Sir, we've got Intruders coming up from the south. They're about one klick a-

Machine gun fire tears through the stone of the clock tower. I've ducked quickly but not fast enough to get nicked in the arm. Meijer was fine and was putting on his helmet. An alarm sounded through the camp.

Him: Come on, we can't do much up here like this. He points to the ladder. Ladies first.

I scramble down the ladder. Unfortunately, the only high ground I have left is on top of the plaza's buildings and that was pretty dangerous considering how the enemy was moving in. So I decided to stick to the ground and still keep come good cover for the squads.

Sev planted some C4 on the gate and blew it open. Soon, tons of Intruders were landing in, unloading troops.

I rush into the gate. Some Helghast were scrambling outside, and I quickly shot them down.

Officer: Tosh, Truong, you two take the left, Rico, Sev and Natko will take the right. Move it, move it!

I rushed into a tent where some Helghast were still sleeping. It was my objective to take them out, but I just felt dishonourable killing an enemy in his sleep, so I told some of the Privates to take them prisoner, and I moved on to more areas of the camp.

I was back by the Command Center behind a few crates. Meijer held a position on my right with his squad a little up ahead. The ground shook from and explosion and ISA troops poured in. They swiftly took over several of the living quarters. I shot a couple of stragglers who were obviously newbies. Too bad they couldn't even get a promotion. A lot of us were still dragging themselves out of their bunks and struggling to put up an even fight.

It was crazy out here but also sad. We were losing and we all knew it, even the officers did. It was either surrender or die fighting. By the code we served by, the latter was more honourable. I saw them pin Smit hopelessly onto the ground; having no choice but to become a prisoner. Then Bos was brutally stabbed to death by one of the oddly larger of the ISA soldiers. Meijer's squad fell. The fleeing officers were shot down in a hail of fire as they ran to the AAPC's.

What seemed like hours ended within only half of an hour. Meijer was the highest ranked soldier left. We were surrounded. This is totally NOT my day...

Meijer and I had ducked behind some tents. Escape was a bit more reasonable than running out there and dying. The Helghast commanders back at the main headquarters would need to know about the attack.

Me: I think we can get to the sewers through that manhole by the old bakery.

Meijer: It's a bit open but I guess we can make it.

We combat rolled across a gap between a couple of tents with only a couple dozen metres to go. One big problem: we were seen. An ISA kid had come out and ordered us to freeze. I notice it was the same one I had shot a few days ago. One of his arms were moving a bit stiffly.

Meijer: Shit. Look, I'll deal with him. You go on ahead.

Me: No! They'll torture you first for information! And you know where the HQ is...

Meijer: I won't tell them a thing, I'd rather die first.

I give a curt nod and start backing away slowly. Meijer had his rifle trained on the Vektan. By then, a couple more ISA had shown up behind us.

Meijer muttered under his breath: You've got to be fucking kidding me.He speaks to me: You should've gone when we had time...

Me: Are you seriously going to argue at a time like this? I'd rather not die like this, we're going in together.

ISA kid: Freeze! Drop your weapon and surrender immediately. We have you surrounded.

Meijer: Fine.

He throws his weapon on the ground and gets on his knees with his hands on the back of his head. I do the same. The ISA troops start relieving us of our weapons and equipment. I flinch a little when they take away my cloak. We're herded back to the center of the camp.

They forced us into cuffs and boarded us on Intruders. Two of us each with two ISA soldiers. I was still stuck with Meijer but I had no problem with that. The ISA kid got onto the same one as us. Fortunately, none of them have found out I was a female yet. On the down side, I was captured by the ISA. That sucked. That really, really, really sucked. I was taught thoroughly in school about the history between Vekta and Helghan. They said it was their fault we had to endure so much. So in other words, I hated the ISA as much as any Helghast. The kid was watching me but I didn't speak. There wasn't a point in speaking to them anyway. I would never betray Helghan.

I nudge Meijer and incline my head towards the book the ISA kid was reading. He made a soft, amused laugh. We both knew how to read the Vektan's writing. He had learned it on his own and then taught me how to. An ISA reading up on our history. That was VERY interesting. Usually they just disregarded it as useless information. The Helghast are the enemy, that is all they need to know. Awfully narrow-minded. Great time for Meijer to speak up. Not.

Meijer: Well, I guess it's not everyday one of you ISA grunts start teaching themselves about us. But it's probably all that propaganda shit everyone gets.

___________________________________________________OCM: He doesn't like you, Icey